Appoquinimink
Taxes: 2.4008
Median home cost: $228,000
Commute: 40
Safety: 2-2
Arts and culture: 2
Shopping and dining: 2
Nightlife: 2
Lumped in with Middletown and Odessa as part of the MOT area, Townsend, the smallest, has grown to include new subdivisions. Residents benefit from excellent Appoquinimink schools.

Property tax rates, expressed as the total per $100 assessed value, come from the Delaware Economic Development Office Property Tax Report. Median home cost is from Sperling’s Best Places. Crime rates are from Sperling’s Best Places. (The numbers represent violent crime and property crime, respectively, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 representing a lower violent crime rate and 10 a higher rate.) Commute times are from Sperling’s Best Places. Ratings for arts and culture, shopping and dining, and nightlife are as follows: 5 outstanding, 4 excellent, 3 good, 2 fair, 1 poor.